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Brief communication: Cranial reconstruction of Dryopithecus
Author(s) -
Köhler Meike,
MoyàSolà Salvador,
Alba David M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1082
Subject(s) - neurocranium , facial reconstruction , anatomy , sagittal plane , skull , face (sociological concept) , biology , paleontology , geology , medicine , philosophy , surgery , linguistics
Abstract This paper presents the first three‐dimensional reconstruction of the cranium of the European Miocene ape, Dryopithecus. The reconstruction is based on remains collected from Can Llobateres, Spain (CLI 18000; Dryopithecus laietanus ), D. fontani (St. Gaudens), and D. brancoi (Kordos and Begun [1997] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 103: 277–294). Previously unrecognized facial fragments from CLI 18000 were included in the reconstruction. The result shows that Dryopithecus had a relatively short face, with a rather short and well‐rounded neurocranium. From the lateral perspective, the face is concave at midface, and on the cranium the temporal lines run parallel to each other without forming a sagittal crest. Am J Phys Anthropol 115:284–288, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.